Knowra Bushmeat Bushmeat Bushmeat is meat from wild animals hunted for human consumption, especially in tropical regions. It includes species ranging from rodents and antelope to primates.
Subsistence hunting : Hunting primarily to obtain food and other necessities for personal or community use. For many rural households, bushmeat is a source of food rather than a commercial product.
Defaunation : The loss of animal species or populations from an ecosystem, especially through human activity. Intensive hunting can remove large mammals and other animals from forests.
Hunting : The pursuit and capture or killing of wild animals by people. Bushmeat begins with the capture of animals for food.
Livestock : Domesticated animals raised for food, fiber, labor, or other human uses. Unlike livestock meat, bushmeat comes from animals hunted in the wild.
Wild meat trade : The buying, selling, transport, and distribution of meat from wild animals. Markets connect hunters with urban consumers and can increase pressure on wildlife populations.
Tropical forest ecology : The study of interactions among organisms and environments in tropical forests. Removing hunted animals can alter seed dispersal, predation, and forest regeneration.
Wildlife market : A place or network where wild animals or their parts are exchanged. Markets concentrate demand and make hunted meat available beyond the communities where it is caught.
Game meat : Meat from wild animals hunted for food, especially in European and North American usage. The terms overlap, but bushmeat is especially associated with tropical regions and their wildlife.
Food security : A condition in which people have reliable access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food. Bushmeat can provide protein and income where other food sources are scarce or costly.
Zoonosis : An infectious disease that can pass between animals and humans. Butchering and handling wild animals can expose people to pathogens carried by wildlife.
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